Lisa Yaszek Knihy

Bending and stretching conventions to envision more feminist futures, women writers have been a crucial yet often overlooked force in American science fiction. Two centuries after Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, SF expert Lisa Yaszek showcases this female tradition, from Pulp Era pioneers to 1960s New Wave innovators, challenging the notion that SF was solely conceived by and for men. This anthology features 25 groundbreaking SF classics that continue to shock and inspire. It includes Judith Merril and Wilmar H. Shiras's near-future tales of the atomic age, Carol Emshwiller and Sonya Dorman's haunting explorations of alien otherness, and dystopian narratives by Elizabeth Mann Borgese and Alice Glaser. Other contributions tackle SF's sexist clichés and boldly reimagine sex and gender. C.L. Moore and Leslie Perri introduce unforgettable "sheroes," while Alice Eleanor Jones protests life in a postapocalyptic suburb. Leslie F. Stone depicts an interplanetary battle of the sexes, and John Jay Wells and Marion Zimmer Bradley explore future military men's feelings about pregnancy. This anthology is a star-spanning, soul-stirring journey of literary-feminist exploration that will transform your understanding of American science fiction.

The perfect companion to AMC’s six-part television series James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction, this unique book explores the history and evolution of the genre with contributions from the filmmakers who have helped bring it to life For the show, James Cameron personally interviewed six of the biggest names in science fiction filmmaking—Guillermo del Toro, George Lucas, Christopher Nolan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ridley Scott, and Steven Spielberg—to get their perspectives on the importance and impact of the genre. This book reproduces the interviews in full as the greatest minds in the genre discuss key topics including alien life, time travel, outer space, dark futures, monsters, and intelligent machines. An in-depth interview with Cameron is also featured, plus essays by experts in the science fiction field on the main themes covered in the show. Illustrated with rare and previously unseen concept art from Cameron’s personal archives, plus imagery from iconic sci-fi movies, TV shows, and books, James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction offers a sweeping examination of a genre that continues to ask questions, push limits, and thrill audiences around the world.